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Gray has scored three goals in 17 appearances in League One for Rotherham, featuring as a striker, left winger, and at times a left midfielder.<\/p>\n
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The 17-year-old arrived at the New York in the second half of the season from Leeds on loan and has impressed Whites boss Daniel Farke with his performances<\/a> with the Millers.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Rotherham have been relegated from League One to League Two, but secured a 2-0 consolation victory against Leyton Orient on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the 24th minute, Gray opened the scoring for the Millers and then Sam Nombe doubled the visitors\u2019 advantage with a strike in the 73rd minute.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens claimed that Rotherham deserved the win and the young kids showed appetite, enthusiasm, and were able to shrug off the Millers\u2019 bad experiences this season.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The O\u2019s boss praised Gray for his outstanding performance and labelled him the best player on the pitch, alongside several other young players from Rotherham.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Game Luton Town (H) Reading (H) Wycombe Wanderers (A) Rotherham United\u2019s remaining games<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wellens said via Leyton Orient\u2019s media (0:19)<\/a>: \u201cThey fully deserved the win. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey picked four or five young kids that are coming into the team and I thought they showed an appetite to play and enthusiasm and tempo to be on the ball.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, because they have not been scarred by what has happened with Rotherham this season.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey gave them a fresh output, impetus, and I thought their young kid, I thought Gray was outstanding.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe was the best player on the pitch.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut I thought some of their young kids were the best players on the pitch as well.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Gray has played 1,497 minutes in League One this season since his arrival and former Rotherham manager Matt Hamshaw claimed the 17-year-old will become a top player.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n So far, Gary has made 40 appearances for Leeds United Under-18 and Under-21 sides, scoring 23 goals and chipping in with two assists.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Gray made his senior debut in the Championship<\/a> against Stoke City and manager Farke has previously stated that the Whites are keen to build around the 17-year-old in the future.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Another loan could be on the cards for Gray next season as stepping up from League One to the Premier League may be too big an ask.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Pelham\/Getty Images \u00a0 Leeds United talent Harry Gray has been hailed as the \u2018best player on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,83073,186898,186899,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-542395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-harry-gray","10":"tag-leyton-orient","11":"tag-richie-wellens","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leeds_Harry_Gray_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/)
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